REGULATIONS REGULATIONS premieres. 360 videos, 3 DOF and 6 DOF interactive works of any length are admitted. They must be compliant with one or more of the following 1. The 78th Venice International Film Festival is organised by La Biennale devices: Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, Oculus Rift, Oculus di Venezia and will be held on the Lido di Venezia from 1 to 11 September Rift S, HTC Vive, HTC Vive Pro, HTC Vive Cosmos, HP Reverb/Windows 2021. The Festival is officially recognised by the FIAPF (International Mixed Reality, iOS or Android devices. Any other format must be previously Federation of Film Producers Association). agreed upon with the Direction of the Festival. A maximum of 10 projects 2. The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote international will be presented on line Out of Competition, among which the works cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a of the teams participating in the fifth edition of the Biennale College spirit of freedom and dialogue. One section is devoted to enhance the Cinema-VR, and a selection “Best of VR Expanded”. restoration works on classic films as a contribution towards a better understanding of the history of cinema in particolar to the advantage 4. VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE of young audiences. A film market has been organized as part of the Venice Film Festival, not only to ensure the continuity of the services developed in the past 3. OFFICIAL SELECTION (Industry Gold Club, Venice Gap Financing Market, Business Centre, Only films presented as world premieres that meet the following criteria Digital Video Library and VPB Market Screenings), but to offer a meeting are eligible for selection: ground and networking opportunity for all categories of professionals • Films that were completed after 12 September 2020; involved in the production of films: producers, funders, distributors, • Films that have not had any form of commercial distribution or sales, public and private investment funds, banks, film commissions, exhibition on the Internet; broadcasters, Internet platforms. The Venice Production Bridge (2 - 7 • Films that have not been previously presented at any other September) will present a wide selection of projects in an advanced phase International film festival or cinematographic event, including of development and pre-funding in the categories of films, documentaries, those in the country of origin. works in Virtual Reality. It will also organize the ninth edition of Final As a consequence of the particolar situation caused by the Covid-19 Cut in Venice (reserved for works-in-progress from African countries, emergency, the Direction of the Festival reserves the right of considering Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria), and the sixth edition of the also films completed before 12 September 2020, as long as they have Book Adaptation Rights Market. been produced after 7 September 2019, and provided that they have not had any form of commercial distribution or exhibition on the Internet 5. INDEPENDENT AND PARALLEL SECTIONS and that they have not been already submitted with negative result to the selection of the 2020 edition of the Festival. Each work invited to the 5.1 Settimana Internazionale della Critica (SIC - International Critics’ official sections of the Festival will receive a certificate of participation. Week) A series of no more than 9 films – debut works – independently organised 3.1 Venezia 78 by a commission appointed by the National Syndicate of Italian Film An International competition comprising a maximum of 21 feature- Critics (SNCCI) in accordance with its own regulations. length films. 5.2 Giornate degli Autori 3.2 Out of Competition A series of no more than 12 films, independently promoted by the Italian Some of the most important works of the year will be presented in the filmmakers association (ANAC) and by the 100 Autori association. Films non-competing section, for a maximum of 20 films; to these will be added are selected in accordance with the regulations of these associations. the films produced within the Biennale College-Cinema program. They may include the works of established authors who have participated 6. JURIES AND AWARDS in previous editions of the Venice Film Festival, or films in which the spectacular dimension is accompanied by forms of expressive or narrative Each Jury will operate according to its own regulations. The Director of originality, and documentaries. the Festival may attend the meetings to advise on matters of regulations or procedures, when required. 3.3 Orizzonti An international competition reserved for a maximum of 19 films, 6.1 Venezia 78 dedicated to films that represent the latest aesthetic and expressive An International Jury composed of no more than 9 personalities from trends in international cinema, with special attention to debut films, the world of cinema and culture from various countries, excluding any young talents who are not yet firmly established, indie features and person involved in any capacity in the production of the invited films or lesser-known cinema, as well as works that address specific genres and who may have an interest in their distribution, will award the following current production, with the aim of innovating and demonstrating creative prizes for the feature films: originality. The Orizzonti section features a selection of competing short • Golden Lion for best film films lasting a maximum of 20 minutes, selected on the basis of criteria • Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize such as quality and originality of language and expression. • Silver Lion - Award for Best Director • Coppa Volpi for Best Actress 3.4 Orizzonti Extra • Coppa Volpi for Best Actor This non-competitive section – but eventually with the possibility of • Special Jury Prize assigning an Audience Award - features a selection of a maximum of • Award for Best Screenplay 10 works of different genres, lengths and targets, provided their length • Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress is more than 60 minutes. The Orizzonti Extra section may include art- There will be no joint winners. house and genre movies, experimental and artists’ films, TV series and crossover productions, which may be preceded or accompanied Furthermore, individual films may receive no more than one of the by public encounters and conversations with the directors, actors and awards listed in the Regulations. Exceptionally and just in one case, personalities from the world of art and culture. after consultation with the Festival Director, the Jury may confer the Coppa Volpi or the Marcello Mastroianni award to an actor or an actress 3.5 Venice Classics featured in a film which has won the Grand Jury Prize, the Award for Best This section features the world premiere screenings of a selection of Director, the Special Jury Prize or the Award for Best Screenplay. This the finest restorations of classic films carried out over the past year by exception cannot be applied more than once on bestowing the awards. film libraries, cultural institutions and productions around the world, committed to the preservation and cultivation of the cinematographic 6.2 Orizzonti heritage and the rediscovery of neglected or undervalued works of the An International Jury, composed of no more than 7 personalities from past, for a maximum of 18 titles. the world of cinema and culture from various countries, excluding any person involved in any capacity in the production of the invited films or 3.6 Venice VR Expanded who may have an interest in their distribution, will award the following The Festival will present on line, in competition, a maximum of 30 prizes (no joint awards permitted): Immersive Projects in Virtual Reality as world-premieres or international • Orizzonti Award for Best Film may have been screened in public only in their country of origin. Possible • Orizzonti Award for Best Director exceptions to these conditions may be decided at the discretion of the • Special Orizzonti Jury Prize Festival Director. • Orizzonti Award for Best Actress 7.3 Accepted formats • Orizzonti Award for Best Actor • Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay For films invited officially to the Venice International Film Festival, only • Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film the following screening formats will be accepted: • Digital Cinema Package – DCP ( 35mm upon agreement with the 6.3 Venice Classics Direction of the Festival). A jury composed of students in their last year of film studies in Italian • VR Expanded Projects can be 360 videos, linear or interactive universities, chaired by a personality from the world of cinema and works 3 DOF and 6 DOF compliant with one or more of the following culture, will assign the Venice Classics Award for Best Restored Film, devices: Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, Oculus Rift, with no joint awards permitted. Oculus Rift S, HTC Vive, HTC Vive Pro, HTC Vive Cosmos, HP Reverb/ Windows Mixed Reality. iOS or Android devices(any other format 6.4 “Luigi De Laurentiis” Award for a Debut Film must be previously agreed upon with the Direction of the Festival). All the debut feature films presented in the various competitive sections of the Venice Film Festival (Official Selection and Independent and 7.4 Selection procedure Parallel Sections) are eligible for the Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Regarding the selection of the works submitted, the Festival Director will Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film. An International Jury of no be assisted by his staff of experts, as well as by a group of correspondents more than 5 personalities from the world of cinema and culture from and international consultants, each responsible for different geographical various countries, including one producer, will award a prize of 100,000 areas. The Cinema Department will put each decision on the record. US dollars, donated by Filmauro, to be divided equally between the 7.5 Registration fees director and the producer. No joint awards will be permitted. For each film submitted to the selection of the Venice Film Festival, a 6.5 Venice VR Expanded registration fee is requested to cover administrative costs. The fee is An international Jury, composed of 3 figures in the creative world from 150 Euro for feature length films and VR Expanded projects, 70 Euro for different countries, excluding anyone involved in any way in the creation short films. For films submitted from 1 June 2021 the fee will be 175 Euro of the works invited or who have any interest in their distribution, will for feature length films and 80 Euro for short films. The registration fee award the following prizes: for VR Expanded projects will be 175 Euro if they are submitted from 1 • Grand Jury Prize for Best VR Work May 2020. As for film schools, the registration fee for short films will • Best VR Experience be 250 Euros for a maximum of 10 submissions. The request must be • Best VR Story sent directly from the school to the Cinema Department (selection@ No joint awards will be allowed. labiennale.org), that will assess the school requirements. The fee will not be reimbursed under any circumstance. The costs of 6.6 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement screenings organised outside the main venue (Venice) must be met by The Director of the Festival will make a recommendation to the President the participants. and Board of Directors to award a maximum of two Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement: the first, awarded to a director (or to a leading 7.6 Materials to submit for the selection professional figure) for the contribution made through his/her body of In order to be eligible for selection, the films presenters must, no later work to the advancement of the art of cinema; the second to an actor than 11 June 2021 (31 May for VR Expanded projects, in competition and or actress, who has best interpreted the expressive requirements of for the “Best of VR Expanded” selection): the directors for whom he/she has worked, while bringing his/her • fill out the PRE-SELECTION ENTRY FORM, exclusively online for own personal aesthetic, symbolic and authorial contribution to the feature length and short films; dramatic arts. • fill out the PRE-SELECTION ENTRY FORM for Venice VR Expanded; 6.7 The producers and distributors of the films and VR projects officially • pay the registration fee; invited pledge to display a notice with the Biennale logo and eventually • upload the film file to our streaming service, exclusively through the prize won, when any of these works are commercially released. the link that will be indicated at the moment of registration, or send a copy of the film to the Venice Film Festival (formats allowed 7. SELECTION OF FILMS for feature length films: DCP, DVD, Blu-ray disc; formats allowed for short films: file upload only). In case of VR Expanded projects, 7.1 Opening and deadline of submissions indicate a link to download the file (the link must be valid at least The submission of films to the 78th. Venice International Film Festival is until 31 July 2021), following the instructions sent after completing open from 18 January to 11 June 2021. While for VR works the submission the submission; deadline is set on 31 May 2021. • include an information sheet on the director and on the film, with an information kit including a synopsis, director’s notes and the 7.2 Conditions for the submission of a film film production context; All films submitted must be recently produced, completed not prior to • for all non-Italian films, we request the submission of a copy subtitled 12 September 2020, and must not have been presented earlier in any in Italian or in English (including films for which the original language other format or length, not even as a work-in-progress, for any selection version is in English). VR Expanded projects must be in English or in previous editions of the Venice International Film Festival. in original language with English subtitles. As a consequence of the particolar situation caused by the Covid-19 Any other information regarding the film submitted for selection must be emergency, the Direction of the Festival reserves the right of considering sent exclusively in electronic format to the following address: selection@ also films completed before 12 September 2020, as long as they have labiennale.org. been produced after 7 September 2019, and provided that they have The Venice Film Festival is under no obligation to return the films submitted not had any form of commercial distribution or exhibition on the Internet for selection, unless they arrive with prepaid return packaging via express and that they have not been already submitted with regative result to carrier (courier or diplomatic bag). Any returns must be requested no the selection of the 2020 edition of the Festival. later than 30 September 2021. The work-in-progress materials and The directors of first or second films (feature length or short length) are films for which no return has been requested may be transferred to the invited to provide information on their curriculum vitae as requested Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts of La Biennale for exclusive in the online submission form, for the purposes of research and purposes of documentation and research. They will not be used for documentation. Under no circumstances may films to be presented at commercial purposes, in order to protect the interests of the filmmakers the Venice International Film Festival have been shown in prior public and the producers. screenings. Works previously presented in competing or non-competing sections at other international festivals are also excluded, as are those already available on the web. Venice VR Expanded works in competition 8. INVITED FILMS org). Copies of films in DVD and Blu-ray disc formats, as well as all the materials for the selection, must be sent by courier or post directly to 8.1 Entry Form the address of the Venice Film Festival: Invited films will receive an Entry form to be duly completed and returned no later than 21 July 2021. Receipt of the form by the Venice Film Festival La Biennale di Venezia - Settore Cinema implies the legal acceptance of the invitation by all concerned and will 78. MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE CINEMATOGRAFICA be considered definitive and irrevocable. Ca’ Giustinian - San Marco 1364/a, 30124 Venezia, Italia 8.2 Programme Tel. +39 041 5218878 [email protected] The invitation of a work to participate must remain absolutely confidential www.labiennale.org until the programme is announced by the Venice Film Festival. Failure to comply will result in its exclusion from the selection. The general From 24 May to 15 September 2021 the address will be: scheduling and screening times are the sole responsibility of the La Biennale di Venezia - Settore Cinema Management of the Festival. 78. MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE CINEMATOGRAFICA Palazzo del Cinema, Lungomare Marconi, 30126 Lido di Venezia, Italia 8.3 Copies Tel. +39 041 5218878 The presenters of invited films must send the following on or before 16 August 2021: 9.3 Shipping of Promotional Material • 2 copies of the original version with Italian subtitles (English subtitles All costs relative to the shipment of eventual advertising, promotional for Italian films) for the official gala and press preview screenings. and photographic material for the films from the place of origin to the For VR Expanded projects only English subtitles are accepted; Biennale offices or the venues of the Venice Film Festival will be at the • 1 copy of the original version, preferably with subtitles in English, expense of the participants, including all customs charges for material as a reserve copy (if so wished by those presenting the film); sent from outside the European Union. Advertising and promotional • 1 DVD or Blu-ray disc of the original version with English subtitles material sent to the Festival will not be returned. for exclusive internal use by the Festival services; • the list of subtitles. 9.4 Shipping Insurance All subtitling costs are to be paid by those submitting the film. All insurance costs covering the transport of films and press material Only in exceptional cases, which must be authorised in writing by the to and from the Venice Film Festival will be at the expense of those Director, the deadline set for 16 August 2021 may be extended. However, presenting the films. should the film copies not be delivered to the Festival by 27 August 9.5 Insurance at the Venice Film Festival 2021, the relevant screenings will be cancelled. La Biennale di Venezia provides “fully-comprehensive risk” insurance The Festival reserves the right to refuse any copy which, on advice of the coverage for the entire period during which the film copies are in the Festival technicians, is considered to be of inadequate quality for public care of the Venice Film Festival. The insurance value of a film may not screening and/or alternatively to screen itclarifying to the audience the exceed the average laboratory costs for a standard copy. Furthermore, all critical issues encountered. necessary measures will be taken by the Festival to protect the author’s 8.4 Specifications for the Digital Cinema copy of the film copyright for works entrusted to the Festival, in accordance with the Specifications for the systems used by the Venice Film Festival for digital FIAPF dispositions regarding safeguarding against piracy. cinema are available on the official website. 10. COPIES FOR THE ARCHIVES 8.5 Catalogue All the material required for the catalogue of the Venice Film Festival 10.1 Donation to the Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts (synopses, cast and credits, biography and a complete filmography of Directors and producers of the films and VR Expanded projects presented the director, photographs of the director, of the actors and scenes from at the Venice Film Festival are invited to donate a copy of their work, the film in b/w and colour, plus a brief director’s comment on the film) to be stored in the Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts (ASAC) of must reach the Festival as soon as possible, but no later than 19 July la Biennale di Venezia, destined solely for the purposes of research 2021, and must be marked as “Material for Catalogue”. and documentation, and excluding all commercial use in order to protect the interests of the filmmakers and the producers. Moreover, 8.6 Press Material the directors and producers of all works that receive awards are obliged The presenters of films invited to the Festival must send in digital format to deposit a copy of their film with the ASAC, at least as a Blu-ray disc the promotional material for distribution to the press and potential or a file, complete with the official logo, along with the indication of buyers (press book, digital images of the film and the director, video the competition section and every award won by the film at the 78th material, audio clips, etc.) no later than 23 August 2021. The advertising Venice International Film Festival. and promotional material must state “Film Selected for the 78th Venice International Film Festival” and the words “World Premiere”. 10.2 Conservation of the films These copies will be conserved at the ASAC for the sole purpose of 8.7 Official Logo documentation and research, excluding any commercial use, in order After the official presentation of the programme by the Venice Film to protect the interests of the filmmakers and the producers. Festival, those submitting the films must explicitly guarantee that all forms of publicity will mention their participation in the 78th Venice 10.3 Grant use of VR works to Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality Film Festival, including the official logo of the Biennale di Venezia, as The authors and producers of VR Expanded projects officially selected at supplied by the Venice Film Festival. Films awarded a prize must also the Festival are invited to grant to La Biennale di Venezia the possibility indicate which award was won, using the official graphic designs devised of presenting their works for educational purposes within the workshops and supplied by the Biennale di Venezia. of the Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality program.

9. SHIPPING AND INSURANCE 11. GENERAL RULES Participation in the Venice International Film Festival automatically 9.1 Shipping Costs entails observance of the present Regulations. Producers, distributors All shipping costs for the films from the place of origin to the venues of or other parties who submit films to the Festival must guarantee they the Venice Film Festival and return (including any shipping costs from are legally authorised to do so. Venice airport to Venice Lido and custom charges for films sent from The Director of the Venice Film Festival reserves the right to adjudicate outside the European Union), will be at the expense of the participants. any cases not covered by the Regulations herein, and can make exceptions 9.2 Addresses to the Regulations in justified, well-motivated cases. Should any dispute In case of DCPs, the presenters should contact the Cinema Department arise regarding the interpretation of any article contained in these beforehand for instructions regarding shipment (print.traffic@labiennale. Regulations, the original Italian version is to be considered binding.